Apa itu Dental phobia?

A phobia adalah rasa takut yang intens dan terus-menerus pada situasi tertentu, kegiatan, benda, binatang, atau orang. Gejala utama dari gangguan ini adalah keinginan yang berlebihan dan tidak masuk akal untuk menghindari subjek ditakuti. Dental fobia /fobia gigi dapat digambarkan sebagai ketakutan yang berlebihan dan tidak masuk akal dari perawatan gigi.Bagaimana saya mengetahui seberapa parah kondisi saya?Ada sebuah skala “The Corah Dental Anxiety Scale”, yang dikembangkan pada tahun 1969, oleh Dr Norman L. Corah, dari Department of Behavior Science, School of Dentistry, State University of New York yang dapat membantu Anda menilai tingkat kecemasan Anda. Mengisi kuesioner berikut ini kemudian ikuti petunjuk tentang cara untuk nilai tes ini.1. If you had to go to the dentist tomorrow, how would you feel about it?a. I would look forward to it as a reasonably enjoyable experience.b. I would NOT care one way or the other.c. I would be a little uneasy about it.d. I would be afraid that it would be unpleasant and painful.e. I would be very frightened of what the dentist might do.

2. When you are waiting in the dentist’s office for your turn in the chair, how do you feel?a. Relaxed.b. A little uneasy.c. Tense.d. Anxious.e. So anxious that I sometimes break out in a sweat or almost feel physically sick.

3. When you are in the dentist’s chair waiting while he gets his drill ready to begin working on your teeth, how do you feel?a. Relaxed.b. A little uneasy.c. Tense.d. Anxious.e. So anxious that I sometimes break out in a sweat or almost feel physically sick.

4. You are in the dentist’s chair to have your teeth cleaned. While you are waiting and the dentist is getting out the instruments which he will use to scrape your teeth around the gums, how do you feel?a. Relaxed.b. A little uneasy.c. Tense.d. Anxious.e. So anxious that I sometimes break out in a sweat or almost feel physically sick.